06/05/2012

Changing the draw order of the entity

Each block in AutoCAD can maintain draw order information of the entities belongs to it. The draw order (DrawOrderTable) is stored as extension dictionary in the block table record. In .NET, you can access this dictionary using API “BlockTableRecord.DrawOrderTableId”. Draw order (DrawOrderTable), provides API’s like MoveToBottom, MoveToTop, MoveBelow, MoveAbove and etc to change the draw order of entities inside the block.

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Each block in AutoCAD can maintain draw order information of the entities belongs to it. The draw order (DrawOrderTable) is stored as extension dictionary in the block table record. In .NET, you can access this dictionary using API “BlockTableRecord.DrawOrderTableId”. Draw order (DrawOrderTable), provides API’s like MoveToBottom, MoveToTop, MoveBelow, MoveAbove and etc to change the draw order of entities inside the block.